Selected Book
The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse
The End of the Battleship Era
Patrick Mahoney
Allied Warships
Check out our new extensive section on all the Allied Warships during WWII in all theatres of the war.Over 21,000 ships
What was Operation Deadlight?
A paper on what this operation was, for where it took place and historical information related to this operation.
Where were these boats scuttled?
Here you can see a pretty accurate map of the known scuttle locations based on the information I've managed to collect.
List of U-boat scuttled
Types II - VII - IXC
94 conventional German U-boats were scuttled during Operation Deadlight, they were of types IID, VII, IXC and IXD.
The Elektro boats
The 22 Elektro boats that became victims to this operation. 4 of the larger type XXI.
Related News!
Did you know that the British government has awarded a salvage contract for these boats? So you might see them raised from the water bed in the near future, but then again, you might not.
Article published on 7 Nov 2010
Mr. Derek Waller has written a very comprehensive article about the Operation Deadlight.
